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Fort Myers Vacation Highlights
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Fort
Myers >>> 142 miles (227 km) south of Tampa, 42
miles (67 km) north of Naples
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Fort Myers Vacation Highlights
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The Edison
and Ford Winter Estates is the most popular attraction in
Fort
Meyers. The famous inventor wintered here from 1886
until his death in 1931. It's exactly as it was during Edison's time.
Light bulbs
dating from the 1920s still burn in the laboratory and a
museum displays some of Edison's inventions. The gardens
include the largest banyan tree in Florida.
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South of downtown Fort
Myers is the Koreshan
State Historic Site.
These 300 acres on Estero River were home
to the Koreshan Unity Movement who settled here in 1894.
Canoeing and kayaking
are excellent activities on the slow-moving rivers and around the
numerous coastal islands, with opportunities to spot a shy retiring family of
Florida manatees.
The waterways around Pine Island
and the Estero River are popular locations, with the Estero River route
being an official Florida canoe trail.
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 Near
the mouth of the river lies Mound
Key State Archaeological Park, one of the largest Calusa
shell middens. Visitors can board a
stern-wheeler for lunch and dinner voyages on the Caloosahatchee River
and its tributaries, or take sunset dinner cruises from the nearby Sanibel
Island.
There is always the option of a trip inland to observe
wildlife in their river and swamp habitats or a trip to the Babcock
Ranch, the largest of the surviving cattle ranches and now a game
preserve.
Fort Myers has long been a favorite
destination for serious anglers who visit for the
sports fishing to be found in the Boca
Grande Pass, located between Gasparilla and Cayo
Costa islands offshore from Fort Myers.
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